American Federation for Clinical Research Medical Student Research Award

Stanford Department of Biological Sciences Award

Phi Beta Kappa

UCLA Epidemiology Fellowship

Education

2001 Neurosurgery Residency
LA County & University of Southern California

1997 Surgical Internship
LA County & University of Southern California

1996 M.D.
Stanford University Medical School

1990 B.S.
Stanford University

Biography

Dr. Michael Wang joins the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami after having served as the Spine Director at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, and the Spine Fellowship Director at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center . Dr Wang specializes in the treatment of complex spinal disorders. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with an undergraduate degree in Microbiology and Immunology and then received his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Wang completed his residency training in Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California , and following his residency, he served as a fellow in spinal cord and spinal column surgery at the University of Miami Center for Complex Spine Surgery.

Dr. Wang has been a prolific researcher and has published over one hundred peer reviewed papers, book chapters, abstracts, and oral presentations. He has received both the distinguished Sanford Larson and Frank Mayfield Research Awards from the Joint Spine Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. His research areas include the use of robotics in spinal surgery, resorbable spinal implants, the treatment of cervical myelopathy, and the development of new osteobiologic agents to promote spinal fusion. He has innovated minimally invasive spine surgery techniques and, in particular, has been involved in the investigation and development of outcomes assessments in spinal surgery.

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